By Shina Abubakar Osogbo The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Osun State chapter, have disclosed that enrolling its members on the State health insurance scheme by Governor Ademola Adeleke has reduced the death rate within the union. The State Government had enrolled 20,000 pensioners on its health insurance scheme free of charge in 2025 in a […]

Travellers are also granted concession. The physical stress of travel often justifies breaking the fast, with the obligation to make up the missed days later.

Six people, including a pregnant woman and five final-year nursing students, yesterday, died in an auto crash along the Kwara axis of the Ilorin-Ogbomoso road.

By Dayo Johnson Akure—Police detectives in Ondo State, have arrested 10 suspected kidnappers and recovered ransom collected from their victims in Akure, the state capital. The command’s spokesperson, Jimoh Abayomi, said the arrest of the suspects was a “significant breakthrough in its sustained crackdown on kidnapping and other violent crimes across the state with the […]

By Ndahi Marama Maiduguri —Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, yesterday, intercepted a Toyota pick-up truck conveying three suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Borno State. Sources revealed that upon the interception, which took place about 0830A on Monday, troops recovered large textile fabrics used by terrorists for uniforms […]

By Peter Duru Makurdi —Two fishermen have been reportedly killed in an ambush by armed herdsmen in Obishu community of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A source in the area disclosed that the victims were waylaid by the killer herdsmen late Monday while at their mud fishing pond to harvest their fish. The […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, yesterday, told opposition elements and party faithful that “elections are not conducted on social media platforms. Nigerians conduct elections.”

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The naira yesterday depreciated to N1,359 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.However the Naira remained stable at N1,360 per dollar in the parallel market. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the indicative exchange rate for the naira rose to N1,359 per dollar from N1,353.5 per […]

THE World Health Organisation has begun a comprehensive health study of Ogoniland, Rivers State, to investigate the prevalence of ailments associated with long-term exposure to hydrocarbons.

The US Congress has recommended measures to address the escalating persecution of Christians in Nigeria, calling for strengthening of the country’s institutions, including improving policing, enhanced anti-money laundering methods, and support for legal reforms.

A civil society group, the Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development (NEFGAD), has taken the Federal Government to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over what it described as unlawful changes to Nigeria’s newly gazetted tax laws after they were passed by the National Assembly and signed by the President.

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Founder of Isaac Balami University of Aeronautics and Management (IBUAM), Engr. Isaac Balami, has clarified that the N12.9 billion scholarship approved by Governor Babagana Zulum for 54 Borno indigenes is not a one-time payment, but a five-year comprehensive training package covering tuition, professional certifications, accommodation, insurance and technical exposure. Balami […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and currently the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the party, Hon. Ali Bukar Dalori has distributed 2,000 bags of rice and 1,000 bags of sugar to support Borno households and distressed familiesduring the Holy month of Ramadan Kareem. He also doled out about […]

Yola, Adamawa State – In a major show of generosity during the holy month of Ramadan, the Abdurrahman Bashir Haske Foundation has launched a large-scale welfare initiative covering all 21 local government areas of Adamawa State, providing food, cash, and mobility support to thousands of families.

Dimension Data Nigeria has formally executed its N20 billion Bond Programme under Dimension Data SPV Funding Plc, following approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC.